Henryk sienkiewicz by kazimierz pochwalski

Kazimierz Pochwalski (1855–1940) was a Polish painter known primarily for his portraits, although he produced works in a wide variety of genres. Pochwalski was born in Kraków on 25 December 1855 and came from a family that produced several generations of painters and his younger brother Władysław also became a well-known artist. From 1871 to 1879, he studied at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts under Jan Matejko, then attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, from 1879 to 1888.